DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: THU 02/12 Hampshire_IL 889ft pt37818@42.147,-88.420,844ft BLIPSPOT sfc.temp. adjusted by +0.1 degF SPONSORED BY: ChicagoLand Glider Council RUC - Last Analysis,Validation Time = 12Z 0Z ----------------------------------- VALIDATION TIME --------------------------------------- 12Z 13Z 14Z 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z 0Z ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Time - - - - - - 0700z - - 1002z - - 1334z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 39.9 - - 41.8 - - 36.2 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 127 - - 62 - - -8 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1469 - - 2414 - - 46 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 1303 - - 919 - - 919 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 2358 - - 3303 - - 935 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 662 - - 1302 - - 1900 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 235 - - 220 - - 7 W* B/S - - - - - - 9 - - 10 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 4 - - 4 - - 5 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 143 - - 211 - - 073 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 1 - - 2 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 1 - - -3 - - 1 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -2165 - - -846 - - -1957 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 4523 - - 4149 - - 2893 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -5428 - - -3023 - - -5227 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 7786 - - 6326 - - 6162 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 81 - - 92 - - 78 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 39.9 - - 41.8 - - 36.2 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 23.7 - - 27.2 - - 27.2 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 39.1 - - 41.6 - - 39.9 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 22.5 - - 26.3 - - 26.2 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 127 - - 62 - - -8 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1469 - - 2414 - - 46 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 23 - - 69 - - 11 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 2 - - 3 - - 3 EXPERIMENT2 PROFILES OF WIND SPEED [kt] AND DIRECTION [degTrue] ----------------------------------- VALIDATION TIME --------------------------------------- Height 12Z 13Z 14Z 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z 0Z [ft] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [ft] 96162 16 014 20 022 30 015 96162 89270 19 035 24 005 24 008 89270 83823 20 041 24 011 14 358 83823 79224 16 018 16 005 10 343 79224 75212 17 357 11 341 10 346 75212 71633 15 326 16 328 14 352 71633 68384 11 333 16 319 17 334 68384 65393 21 315 21 309 21 312 65393 62614 24 306 26 302 26 301 62614 59910 28 301 29 290 28 300 59910 57065 35 304 36 297 38 299 57065 54090 47 296 50 293 50 294 54090 51242 55 288 57 289 57 295 51242 48679 60 288 62 293 64 296 48679 46387 68 290 68 294 69 296 46387 44314 73 292 71 293 73 295 44314 42425 77 292 73 295 75 293 42425 40690 79 293 78 296 74 294 40690 39089 83 291 79 294 75 297 39089 37606 84 290 79 295 75 298 37606 36227 86 295 78 295 74 294 36227 34912 88 296 72 298 69 294 34912 33593 81 298 70 302 67 295 33593 32236 80 302 67 306 65 294 32236 30833 78 303 67 308 65 296 30833 29365 73 307 67 308 67 296 29365 27819 69 312 66 308 68 299 27819 26199 69 306 66 304 65 302 26199 24505 72 296 62 301 61 305 24505 22740 76 289 58 301 57 308 22740 20905 74 288 64 292 55 311 20905 18998 60 293 71 289 49 313 18998 17022 46 300 58 299 44 307 17022 15023 37 310 37 307 37 311 15023 13104 30 310 28 313 29 306 13104 11354 29 308 22 321 24 305 11354 9800 26 303 18 316 19 307 9800 8423 21 297 17 294 14 316 8423 7202 21 294 18 284 13 303 7202 6118 21 293 18 287 14 296 6118 5157 19 293 17 287 16 289 5157 4311 15 291 14 276 15 278 4311 3564 10 274 8*250 11 270 3564 2897 6*238 5*219 5 255 2897 2308 4*156 4 210 1 147 2308 1817 5 143 4 210 4 098 1817 1441 5 141 4 210 6 087 1441 1182 4 139 4 210 6 082 1182 1025 4 139 3 209 6 076 1025 935 4 140 3 208 5*073 935 PARAMETER KEY: (basic parameter information is provided at http://www.drjack.info/BLIP/INFO/basic_parameters.html) (more complete parameter descriptions are at http://www.drjack.info/BLIP/RUC/INFO/parameters.html) (additional help is at http://www.drjack.info/BLIP/INFO/index.html, e.g. "For NEW USERS" section) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Time = UTC Time of BLIPSPOT calculation FCST PERIOD = Hours from model initialization time Temp@2m = Temperature at 2m AGL [F] Sfc.Heating = Surface Heating of atmosphere [W/m^2] BL Depth = Depth of the Boundary (Mixing) Layer [ft] Hcrit = Height of Critical Updraft Strength [ftMSL] BL Top = Height of Boundary Layer Top (TI=0 height) [ftMSL] Hgt.Variab = Thermal Height Variability (difference between TI=+4{F} & TI=0 Heights) [ft] W* = Thermal Updraft Velocity (subtract glider sink rate to get vario) [fpm] B/S = Buoyancy/Shear Ratio (thermals may be unworkable if 5 or less) BL Wind = Wind Speed averaged through BL [kt] Direction = Wind Direction averaged through BL [degTrue] Max.Converg = Max. Vertical Velocity created by BL Convergence [x10^-2 kt] (note: BLIPMAPs provide better evaluation since convergence lines are usually mobile CLOUDpotent = Expect clouds at or above sfcLCL if positive (difference between H(TI=0) & sfcLCL) [ft] sfcLCL = Base of Lowest Clouds, if CLOUDpotent>0 (LCL = Lifting Condensation Level based upon sfc. humidity) [ftMSL] ODpotential = Expect extensive clouds at blCL if positive (difference between H(TI=0) & blCL) [ft] bLCL = Base of Extensive Clouds, if ODpotential>0 (bl CL = Condensation Level based upon BL humidity) [ftMSL] maxRH = Maximum Relative Humidity in BL [%] CAPE = Convective Available Potential Energy [J/kg] Temp@2m = Temperature at 2m AGL [F] DewPt@2m = Dew Point Temp. at 2m AGL [F] Temp@Bot = Temperature at 16m AGL (bottom of grid) [F] (intended for DrJack's use) DewPt@Bot = Dew Point Temp. at 16m AGL (bottom of grid) [F] (intended for DrJack's use) Sfc.Heating = Surface Heating of atmosphere [W/m^2] BL Depth = Depth of the Boundary (Mixing) Layer [ft] EXPERIMENT = Mystery variable for test purposes (intended for DrJack's use) * = Indicates BL Top (TI=0 Height) on profiles Note: printed heights are for 18Z - heights for other times differ slightly Results neglect thermals created by small-scale features not resolved by the smoothed model topography